Sony Pictures Says It Will Use Dolby Vision in Mastering Process 'in Coming Months'
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) said it will use the Dolby Vision mastering process for 4K Ultra HD titles by a “variety of home entertainment distribution partners.” In response to questions on rollout schedule and the number of titles slated…
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for availability by year end, a SPHE spokeswoman would only repeat the company line given in the Thursday news release: “SPHE plans to release a growing slate of 4K Ultra HD titles with HDR in the coming months.” In response to our question on format compatibility, she said Sony Pictures is “format agnostic and will make our HDR content available in a variety of formats.” On whether format compatibility will expand over time, she said, “Our hope at SPHE is to make HDR content available for the consumer on the broadest set of services, devices and platforms.” Dolby Vision will enable Sony to “master our movies with the highest-quality visual experience for distribution to consumers’ homes,” said Richard Berger, SPHE senior vice president-worldwide digital strategy and advanced platforms, in a statement. Dolby Vision is an end-to-end solution that can be incorporated from content creation to distribution and playback and can help content creators deliver enhanced brightness, contrast and color via next-generation physical disc and digital distribution platforms, the companies said.